![Travel, Swimming and Your Colored Stone Jewelry]()
by Nancy Troske
March 02, 2017
You may be traveling to a warm climate, living in one or anxiously awaiting summer. Did you know that chlorine, salt, and even sunlight can attack the gold in your jewelry, especially pieces containing colored gemstones can be attacked by...
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![Pompeii and the Jewelry They Wore]()
by Nancy Troske
February 15, 2017
Jewelry has been commonly recovered in Pompeii. Archaeologists have found some skeletons and plaster casts clutching pieces of jewelry as if they were their most precious possessions. Jewelry looks like it was very important to the people of Pompeii as it was...
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![Iolite Gemstones]()
by Nancy Troske
October 27, 2016
Iolite is an unusual gemstone that has "pleochroism" meaning it can show different colors when viewed from different directions. Iolite’s strong pleochroism makes it an effective light filter. Early Viking navigators used thin slices of it as a polarizing filter to protect their eyes...
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![StudentsWork]()
by Nancy Troske
October 27, 2016
Last Saturday I taught a workshop at Morven Museum in Princeton, NJ as part of the Arts Council of Princeton’s offerings. It was the first class I’ve taught there and the class went extremely well after one major glitch! It was supposed to be a basic soldering class and the Museum wouldn’t allow an open flame. I guess that should have been obvious from the beginning but it never got discussed. After seeing the beautiful…
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